Overview

• Russian drone strikes killed one person and injured ten others in Zaporijjia and Kharkiv, with attacks targeting residential areas and vehicles.
• A Russian strike on Kherson caused a power outage affecting 45,000 residents, intensifying the humanitarian crisis in the region.
• Ukraine accuses Russia of violating the fragile U.S.-mediated energy strike moratorium and urges the U.S. to strengthen sanctions against Moscow.
• Russia claims Ukraine is breaching the moratorium by targeting energy sites in Russian border regions, maintaining its own adherence to Putin's no-strike order.
• The U.S. continues to mediate the conflict while pressuring Ukraine to finalize a mineral resource agreement, a move criticized by European allies for excluding them from negotiations.